Bottle poured into glass. Super dark color for this style, dark brown almost black. Aroma has hints of brown sugar and plum. Little over carbonated frankly. Wasn’t the easiest drinking beer but still tasty.

From notes.
Pours a deep brownish black, with a two finger tan head that receded and leaves no lacing.
The aroma is of toasty malt, caramel, a little dark fruit and black licorice.
Flavor mimics the nose. Lots of big sweet flavors I get a bunch of caramel with the sweet bitterness of black licorice.
The mouth feel is very smooth. Nice big open flavors really spread across the palate, very smooth, the finish is nice and warming.

I picked up a bottle of this at Cigar City. The pour is a little murky and dark brown with a thick tan head on top. Good retention leaving some lace after each sip. The aroma is really rather interesting. There’s quite a bit of prune and plum in there but with Bakers chocolate, damp wood, and dates as well. The flavors are equally interesting; seemingly a different twist on a Scotch Ale. Spritzy carbonation as well as a toasted malt character covers some of the malty sweetness of the beer. The chocolate kind of takes a back seat in the flavor with toasted caramel, pound cake, dried dates, and figs more at the forefront. A little earthy as well. I was a bit skeptical going in since I don’t have much desire for high gravity, overly sweet beers these days. But I thought this one was pretty well done. Kudos to the brewers.

750 ml bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours brown in color with a large tan head. The aroma has some lightly toasted sweet malt with a mild earthy note. The aroma was fairly weak overall. The flavor opens with a strong booziness. Once that wears off or you become sensitized to it there is some lightly toasted sweet caramel malt and earthy notes. Hints of ripe fruits show up with warming. This just didn’t do it for me.

Appearance: pitch and ash and burnt wood. A tan head bubbly and thick fades into a solid collar bordering a thin layer of tan. Swirls thick.
Nose: dark fruit stones with some random bits of flesh still attached – dry, nutty, and slightly meaty. Tart chocolates and bitter chocolates. Dry twigs and sticks and bark starts in the middle and finishes in the back – like the remains of a charred forest, black and brittle, and still smoldering slightly in spots. Rounds out with meaty prunes and dates, dried of course.
Palate: chewy with tartness along the edges followed by meaty rich dark fruits. Dry finish of leather and fruit stones. Bakers chocolate in the breath. Tartness and leather lingers on the top of my tongue. Plums. Smoke joins the chocolate in the breath. Overall surprisingly parching and thirst-inducing. Hint of spice is a whisper amongst the winds with cumin and ginger.
Final Thoughts: an intriguing take on the scotch ale style brewed at Cigar City Brewing in partnership with Dunedin Brewery out of Dunedin, Florida. Ah, how I love the craft beer community, let me count the ways… One sip, two sip, three. May I have another please?

Bottle. Moderate roastedn nutty, caramel and milk choclate for the malt, light to moderate resin and orange for the hops, light dough for the yeast. with raisin, date, brown sugar making an overall fruitcake aroma, and a hint of cider vinegar. Head is large, between frothy and creamy, khaki tan with some spotty lacing and good legs, and is mostly diminishing. Color is dark brown. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes lightly sweet andlightly to moderately acidic. Palate is medium to full, slightly syrupy, with a lively carbonation and a dry yet sticky on the lips finish. A little more tart than other Scotch Ale I’ve tried. Definitely a good winter warmer.

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